Ash Wednesday Worship Service

Join us at 7pm for worship and communion.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the 40 days that precedes Holy Week and Easter. In Holy Scripture the number 40 relates to the period spent in the ark by Noah, the period spent by Israel seeking the promised land after the Exodus, and the amount of time Jesus was in the wilderness after his baptism and prior to beginning his ministry. For us, the Season of Lent is an invitation to 40 days of renewal (“Lent” means “spring”), 40 days to prepare ourselves to take in the Good News of Easter through deeper disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Ashes are the traditional sign of sorrow and repentance and are also a sign of “mortality”. May we embrace this season as a time to practice holy habits and deepen our relationship with Christ.